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Pages in category "English-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,325 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Pages in category "Surnames of Old English origin" The following 81 pages are in this category, out of 81 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Some very common Swedish names were so similar that only a minor change of spelling was necessary, such as Andersson and Jonsson, which is why these names are much more common in the U.S. than in the United Kingdom. British surnames such as Williams, Jackson, Robinson, Harris, Davis, Brown and Jones are also common among people of non-British ...
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This list of Scottish Gaelic surnames shows Scottish Gaelic surnames beside their English language equivalent.. Unlike English surnames (but in the same way as Slavic, Lithuanian and Latvian surnames), all of these have male and female forms depending on the bearer, e.g. all Mac- names become Nic- if the person is female.
Lascelles family (1 C, 35 P) Law family (19 P) Lawrence family of England (22 P) Lawson Johnston family (5 P) Legge family (28 P) Lennox family (37 P) Le Strange family (1 C, 24 P) Leveson-Gower family (4 C, 71 P) Livingston family (1 C, 249 P)
The top 10 surnames cover approximately 10% of the population, while the top 100 surnames cover slightly more than 33%. [3] This ranking is a result of an August 2008 study by Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company , [3] which included approximately 6,118,000 customers of Meiji Yasuda's insurance and annuities.
Examples of Scottish surnames derived from nicknames are: Little; White; and Meikle (which means "big"). One of the most common Scottish surnames is Campbell, which is derived from the Gaelic Caimbeul, meaning "crooked-mouth". [13] Another common Scottish surname is Armstrong, which means the son of a strong man.